Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Entering the Dragon's Den

Been intrigued by this show's concept - its mix of entertainment and (occasionally) a solid business idea gives entrepreneurs valuable insight into what investors require. But it's definitely not for the faint of heart. Decided what the hell, I'll go to an information session.. along with hordes in the hundreds, who could barely contain themselves as Dragon Robert Herjavec and DD host Diane Buckner went through what to do and what not to do (do know your numbers; don't insult the Dragons) My take away: if you're worried about your idea/concept being stolen, it's not much of an idea and.. even if something's already 'out there' perfecting it is what counts. OK: thanks for that. For me, what was equally (if not more) fun and interesting was observing and eavesdropping (which I'll get to next entry). I was just about to exit, when a CBC communications maven I'd been introduced a week before encouraged me to run my idea by a Dragon's producer. Sure. Now I had to come up with an idea.

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